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Law, Like Love - Auden
Law, Like Love - Auden
WH AUDEN
English poet, playwright, critic, and librettist Wystan Hugh Auden exerted a major influence on
the poetry of the 20th century. Auden grew up in Birmingham, England and was known for his
extraordinary intellect and wit. His first book, Poems, was published in 1930 with the help of T.S.
Eliot. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for The Age of Anxiety. Much of his poetry is concerned
with moral issues and evidences a strong political, social, and psychological context.
Source: Poetry Foundation